Part VII INFORMATION PROVISIONS
Powers to acquire and duties to provide information
C1205 Exchange of metering information between undertakers.
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Where—
a
different services are provided in relation to the same premises by different F1service providers ;
b
one of those F2providers has obtained a reading from a meter used in determining the amount of any charges fixed in relation to those premises;
c
the charges in relation to those premises of another of those F2providers are fixed by reference to any matter to which the reading is relevant; and
d
that other F3provider has agreed to bear a reasonable proportion of the expenses of obtaining the reading together with the reasonable expenses of the disclosure of the reading to it,
2
a
as to the terms to be contained in any agreement for the purposes of subsection (1)(d) above; or
b
as to the amount of any expenses to be borne by any person under any such agreement,
shall be referred to the arbitration of a single arbitrator appointed by agreement between F7the provider and that person or, in default of agreement, by the Director.
F83
The duties of a service provider under this section shall be enforceable under section 18 above by the Authority.
4
For the purposes of this section, the following are service providers—
a
any relevant undertaker; and
b
any licensed water supplier.